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The full blown three strip technicolor process with dye-transfer prints was a true marvel. The picture it produced was absolutely incredible for its age, and th
by isx726552 3y ago
The full blown three strip technicolor process with dye-transfer prints was a true marvel. The picture it produced was absolutely incredible for its age, and thanks to the stability of the eyes, the prints retain their quality for decades. If you ever get a chance to see a vintage dye transfer print projected in a cinema, it’s really something to see.
- dcminter 3y ago> thanks to the stability of the eyes Took me a few seconds to work out that this was a typo, not some strange persistence-of-vision related effect!
- rkagerer 3y agoIt's interesting, in the context of the original paragraph I totally read that as "dyes" the first time around. I'm usually pretty eagle-eyed at spotting typos, but some neuron of intuition in my brain snuck that one through.
- ftugicuh 3y agoExplanatory film, from the 100th anniversary of the process: https://youtu.be/g9S76vtk4Ro https://youtu.be/g9S76vtk4Ro It is worth researching the almost extinct dye transfer process in photographic printing as well: http://www.processreversal.org/public/text/Browning_dye_transfer_materials.pdf http://www.processreversal.org/public/text/Browning_dye_tran...